Talent Maximising the potential of Scotland's sporting talent

 

The sportscotland institute of sport talent programme was established in 2008 to complement existing talent pathways and help increase the number of Scots achieving success on the world stage

Our focus has been on 2 key areas; developing initiatives to transfer athletes from one sport to another sport they are more suited to and developing a better practical understanding of talent to enhance the success of existing talent pathways.

We are keen to share what we have learned and we hope the following sections will be useful in helping you understand more about this important area.

If you have any comments or areas you would like to know more about please contact us on: talent@sisport.com

Talent transfer

Since 2008 we have run a number of successful talent transfer initiatives in partnership with a number of key sports where athletes have transferred from one sport to another they are more suited to. This work was part of the Gold4Glasgow talent initiative.

If you would like more information about this initiative or how you could transfer into another sport, please click here

Workshop programme

We currently run a regional workshop programme to help athletes, parent and coaches to understand more about talent and how this understanding can help to maximize potential in sport.

If you would like to learn more about how to practically use an understanding of talent and mindset to help maximise your potential as a coach or athlete, then please sign up to attend one of our workshops.

These workshops are held every month and are open to athletes, parents and coaches.

Please email talent@sisport.com with the information bulleted below and we will let you know dates for the next workshop in your area.

For sign up, all we need to know is:

  • Name
  • Address
  • If you are an Athlete/Parent/Coach
  • Number of places required

Learning more about talent

The word talent is much used in society but we feel the notion of talent can be confusing and is generally not well understood. In sport there is a real need for clarity and we worked with a number of performance coaches to create a practical definition of ‘talent’ we can use to help make our talent pathways more effective.

If you would like to learn more about this area and how to use this understanding in practice, please click here!